Becoming Accident-Prone

Phillip Yancey, in his book, Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference?, writes:

A rabbi taught that experiences of God can never be planned or achieved. “They are spontaneous moments of grace, almost accidental.” His student asked, “Rabbi, if God-realization is just accidental, why do we work so hard doing all these spiritual practices?” The rabbi replied, “To be as accident-prone as possible.”

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